The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors. — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and… — Anton Seidl Copy Share
Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books. — Anton Seidl Copy Share
America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free… — Anton Seidl Copy Share
Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift. — Anton Seidl Copy Share
The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is… — Anton Seidl Copy Share
I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an… — Anton Seidl Copy Share
It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities. — Anton Seidl Copy Share
The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure. — Anton Seidl Copy Share
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some… — Anton Seidl Copy Share
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they… — Anton Seidl Copy Share
